Letter to the Editor: Fox is biased, tea party is racist, ACA a resounding success

Published 3:27 pm, Thursday, May 7, 2015

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Based on a recent Forum article titled “Americans Awakening to Left-Stream Media Tactics,” it seems that we have another Bill O’Reilly in Ray Carazo of Naugatuck. Just like O’Reilly, he’s pounding his chest because a recent Quinnipiac Poll showed that Fox News is the most trusted media outlet. Perhaps the fact that 69 percent of Fox viewers are Republican may have something to do with that. Democrats, on the other hand, are spread amongst all other networks, so the numbers get diluted. It’s also important to note that a recent Public Policy Poll showed that Fox is also the least trusted network, and that most Americans favor PBS as the most trustworthy. I watch the O’Reilly show often, because they do a good job of spewing garbage. I then switch to MSNBC for the truth.

Carazo goes on to complain about liberal bias as it relates to climate change that’s not caused by humans, the Affordable Care Act that is a failure, and the tea party that isn’t racist. For the record, 97 percent of actively publishing, peer reviewed climate scientists are convinced by the evidence of anthropomorphic (caused by human activity) climate change. The Affordable Care Act has been a resounding success by every measure, with 16.4 million uninsured Americans now insured. Premiums are down, health care costs are lower, and 95 percent of Americans were able to keep their plans. As to the tea party, Carazo says the liberals portray them as being racist, bible-thumping, gun-owning conservatives. Exactly. And as to the existence of a left-stream media, it’s a myth. Most news outlets, including this newspaper, give both sides of the story. The exception is certainly Fox News shows.